Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 9:5
[And] when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that [was] with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave [caring] for the asses, and take thought for us.
5. take thought for us ] i.e. “ be anxious,” as in Mat 6:25. Cp. 1Sa 10:2.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 5. Were come to the land of Zuph] Calmet supposes that Saul and his servant went from Gibeah to Shalisha, in the tribe of Dan; from thence to Shalim, near to Jerusalem; and thence, traversing the tribe of Benjamin, they purposed to return to Gibeah; but passing through the land of Zuph, in which Ramatha, the country of Samuel, was situated, they determined to call on this prophet to gain some directions from him; the whole of this circuit he supposes to have amounted to no more than about twenty-five leagues, or three days’ journey. We do not know where the places were situated which are here mentioned: the Targum translates thus: “And he passed through the mount of the house of Ephraim, and went into the southern land, but did not meet with them. And he passed through the land of Mathbera, but they were not there; and he passed through the land of the tribe of Benjamin, but did not find them; then they came into the land where the prophet of the Lord dwelt. And Saul said to his servant,” &c.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The land of Ziph; in which was Ramah, called also
Ramah, or Ramathaim-zephim, the place of Samuels birth and habitation, 1Sa 1:1; 7:17.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And when they were come to the land of Zuph,…. In which was Ramathaimzophim, the native place of Samuel, 1Sa 1:1 and so the Targum here,
“the land in which was the prophet”
Saul said to the servant that was with him, come, and let us return; home, despairing of finding the asses after so long a search in divers places:
lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us; fearing some evil should have befallen his son and his servant, in comparison of whom, and especially his son, the asses would be of no account, and so give himself no concern for them, but be in great care and uneasiness for his son and servant; wherefore Saul thought it most advisable to return home as soon as possible, lest his father should be overwhelmed with grief and trouble.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) The land of Zuph.This was believed to be in the south-west of Benjamin.
Lest my father . . . take thought for us.Sauls tender regard for his fathers feelings here is a favourable indication of character.Dr. Kitto.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
5. Land of Zuph Perhaps so called after one of Samuel’s ancestors who bore this name, 1Sa 1:1. It must have been situated south of Jerusalem, for when Saul started for his home in Gibeah he passed by Rachel’s sepulchre. 1Sa 10:2. We find a slight trace of the word in the modern Soba, which some regard as the Rama-thaim-Zophim of
1Sa 1:1; and probably the land of Zuph extended from this place southwards beyond Bethlehem.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Sa 9:5. When they were come to the land of Zuph See chap. 1Sa 1:1. Zuph was a territory in the tribe of Ephraim, where some of Samuel’s ancestors had lived; and Ramah, where Samuel now dwelt, must have been in it, as we collect from the new verse.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
1Sa 9:5 [And] when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that [was] with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave [caring] for the asses, and take thought for us.
Ver. 5. And when they were come to the land of Zuph. ] Samuel’s country. 1Sa 1:1 Saul’s city, Gibeah, is not once mentioned in the foregoing description of him: haply because infamous for the rape there committed upon the Levite’s concubine.
Lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Zuph: 1Sa 1:1
take thought: 1Sa 10:2, Mat 6:25, Mat 6:28, Mat 6:34, Luk 12:11, Luk 12:22
Reciprocal: 1Ki 11:12 – for David
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9:5 [And] when they were come to the land of {d} Zuph, Saul said to his servant that [was] with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave [caring] for the asses, and take thought for us.
(d) Where was Ramath Zophim, the city of Samuel.